Activity
BAT
Carrier
Cementatious stabilisation
Consignor
COTC
DEFRA
DGSA
EA
ELV
EPA 1990
European Waste Catalogue
Gate Prices
Hazardous Waste
HTI
Inert waste
IPPC
LoWR
Merchant Landfill Site
Monocells
NI EHS
Permit
Producer
Relevant Objectives
SEPA
SNRHW
Te
Techniques
WAC
WML
WPA
An industrial activity which may form part of an IPPC installation
Best Available Techniques, the main basis for determining standards in IPPC under the PPC Regulations, and defined as the most effective and advanced stage in the development of Activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing in the principle the basis for ELV's designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, generally to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole.
Is a person who collects a consignment of hazardous waste from the premises at which it was produced or being held and delivers it to a consignee, or transports it in the course if its transfer from those premises to the consignee.
The process of mixing waste with cement to change its physical and chemical properties, immobilise contaminants and form a stable material with lowered permeability (Source: Robert Long Consultancy)
Is the person to whom the waste is being transported for disposal or recovery.
Certificate of Technical Competence
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor
Environment Agency
Emission Limit Value
Environmental Protection Act 1990
A classification system for waste material. It categorises wastes based on a combination of what they are and the process or activity which produced them
The price charged to customers per tonne of waste deposited at landfill sites, excluding landfill tax and VAT
Any waste which is covered by Article 1 (4) of Directive 91/689/EEC - the Hazardous Waste Directive
High Temperature Incineration
Chemically inert, non-combustible, non-biodegradable and non-polluting waste defined in the EU Directive on the Landfill of Waste (Source: Environment Agency)
Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control
The List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005 and the list of Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005
A landfill site for the disposal of waste operated on a commercial basis and open to the general market. (The opposite of a merchant landfill site is an in-house facility that is closed to the general market and used for the disposal of wastes arising from and integral to the operators own related business) (Source: Robert Long Consultancy)
Dedicated cell within a landfill site licensed to accept a single SNRHW
Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service
A permit granted by the regulator allowing the operation of an installation subject to certain conditions.
Is the person who activities produce waste or a person who carries out pre-processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste.
Certain objectives derived from the EC Waste framework directives that apply to activities involving the disposal or recovery of waste regulated under the PPC regulations
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Stable non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes
Tonnes equivalent
In connection with BAT, includes both the technology used and the way in which the Installation is designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned
Waste Acceptance Criteria
Waste Management Licencing or Waste Management Licence
Waste Planning Authority